Council evaluates contractor time-extension after wastewater supplier delays

Council heard a staff presentation explaining a contractor request for a significant time extension on the wastewater-treatment-plant contract. Joe, the staff presenter, said the contractor submitted a "time extension request of 128 working days or 179 calendar days" and tied most of the delay to a sole-source supplier and a revised erection schedule for a tank.

The extension, Joe said, is for calendar days only and "there is no change in cost" in the proposed change order; staff framed it as an administrative schedule adjustment to account for procurement and supplier lead times. Councilmembers pressed staff for clarity on dates after a line in emailed materials appeared to list a January date three years out; members asked staff to correct or confirm the intended contract end date.

Councilmember 4 moved to extend the contract end date as discussed; during follow-up questions members sought a corrected calendar year and a written memorandum documenting the contractor's schedule, supplier commitments and the basis for the 179-calendar-day total. The record shows a motion was made; the transcript does not record a final, signed vote on that motion during the special-called portion of the meeting.

The chair said staff would return with verified dates and supporting documents at a future meeting so council can resolve the extension request with clear effective dates and any recommended conditions.